Press clippings

Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run

Dickensian pastiche Bleak Expectations, a Radio 4 hit from 2007, is to take to the West End stage this summer with a run of headline guest stars.

British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2023

Motherland switches to BBC One for Christmas special

Motherland is switching to BBC One for a Christmas special, with Julia hosting a chaotic gathering at her house, while Amanda is spending Christmas day with Johnny and his new wife.

British Comedy Guide, 29th November 2022

Sideshow review

Avoid this woeful Les Dennis comedy.

Ed Potton, The Times, 11th March 2022

Feel Good Series 2 review

Mae Martin's queer love story is a deadpan delight.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 4th June 2021

Back review

Anthony Head returns to add sparkle.

Carol Midgley, The Times, 29th January 2021

Netflix renews Feel Good for second series

Feel Good, starring and co-written by Mae Martin, will return to Netflix for a second series next year, but Channel 4 has pulled out of involvement with the sitcom.

British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2020

Radio review: Little Brexit, Radio 4

I'm not sure if they said it would never happen, but it didn't seem likely to happen. Yet Brexit may not have brought the country together but it did bring Matt Lucas and David Walliams back together for a special one-off Little Britain reunion 20 years after their Radio 4 debut, complete with numerous familiar characters, old cast members and the booming voice of Tom Baker bellowing "Everybody loves Brexit".

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 31st October 2019

Review: Little Brexit

News that David Walliams and Matt Lucas had reunited after more than a decade sparked mixed reactions - from fans happy that the once all-conquering partnership was returning to those concerned that some elements of their comedy, especially regarding race, would be more troublesome than ever.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st October 2019

Little Britain to return for Brexit special

David Walliams and Matt Lucas have reunited to record a new Little Britain episode for Radio 4. The special will be themed around Brexit.

British Comedy Guide, 27th October 2019

In praise of Motherland

Sharon Horgan and co's clever, funny, oestrogen-fuelled comedy is an antidote to the patronising delusions of smug parents..

Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 9th October 2019